One More Short Story
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
My newest short story is out today!
It’s called “Devil in the Dust” and can be found in editor Jonathan Strahan’s newest short fiction anthology Mission Critical.
The story takes place on Mars at the end of a bitter war.
There is action.
Action was a requirement for this anthology. Mission Critical is about things that go wrong. Here’s the back-cover description:
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM…
Life is fragile. The difference between success and failure can come down to nothing – the thread of a screw, the flick of a switch – and when it goes wrong, you fix it. Or someone dies.
Mission Critical takes us from our world, across the Solar System, and out into deep space to tell the stories of people who had to do the impossible.
And do it fast.
Featuring stories by Peter F. Hamilton, Yoon Ha Lee, Aliette de Bodard, Greg Egan, Linda Nagata, Gregory Feely, John Barnes, Tobias S. Buckell, Jason Fischer & Sean Williams, Carolyn Ives Gilman, John Meaney, Dominica Phetteplace, Allen M. Steele, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Peter Watts.
“Devil in the Dust” is, for now, my last short story. I don’t have anymore in the publishing pipeline, and none under submission or in the files, and I don’t plan to write another one anytime soon. I talked about the reasons why in a post from last fall. You can read it here.
In the meantime, I hope you’ll look for Mission Critical. Jonathan Strahan is a terrific editor, and I’m looking forward to reading all the other stories in this volume myself.